Alex

“Once I could imagine my soul
I could imagine my death.
When I imagined my death
my soul died. This
I remember clearly.

My body persisted.
Not thrived, but persisted.
Why I do not know.”
― Louise Glück, Averno

“I don’t need your praise
to survive. I was here first,
before you were here, before
you ever planted a garden.
And I’ll be here when only the sun and moon
are left, and the sea, and the wide field.

I will constitute the field.”
― Louise Glück, The Wild Iris

“She's mad, but she's magic. There's no lie in her fire.”
― Charles Bukowski

“You saved me, you should remember me.”
― Louise Glück